 |
 Lava Row is a social media consulting, strategy and education firm in Des Moines, Iowa. These are our adventures. |
-
SXSW Friday Recap: TweetUps, Charlie the Unicorn and Scoble!March 9th, 2008 / Posted by Nathan T. Wright
Unbelievable! Day one of SXSW was packed with fantastic conversations and invaluable new friends. The day started with bacon, biscuits and a social media chat with former colleague Greg Swan (new media guru and founder of Perfect Porridge), Jim Turner of One by One Media and Rick Calvert, co-founder of BlogWorld.
In the middle of sitting in on the “How to rawk SXSW” session, word started to spread via Twitter of an impromptu tweetup happening at Champions sports bar across the street. Greg and I immediately ran to join this, and met all sorts of Tweeps including the legendary @Pistachio, @simedia, @kristanaeher, @newmediajim, @twalk, @hansveld and @waderockett, among others. A quick, grainy video of the tweetup is below.
As if the day couldn’t get any better, Charlie the Unicorn stopped by for a beer before wandering off across the street. YES. We later met Brian Shaler of Crappy Graphs fame, the one-and-only Robert Scoble, and co-creator of Fantasy Congress (Andrew Lee) in the Hilton lobby bar.
4 Comments
Filed under: Conferences, Events, Social Media, TweetUps, Twitter
Tagged as: Austin Texas, South by Southwest, SXSW
4 Responses to “SXSW Friday Recap: TweetUps, Charlie the Unicorn and Scoble!”
-
Hey! I’m on Twitter too! I’d hate to be *just* “the Crappy Graphs” guy..
-
SXSW Unicorn ROCKS!
I also have a shot of Brian’s leg pierced. Check my site and flickr stream.
-
Thanks for the link Nate. It was great meeting you 8).
Hope you can join us this September in Vegas.
-
Yes, I am just now getting around to visiting all the new friends I made in Texas. Hope to see you again soon! Always nice to see a colleague in the heartland.
Leave a Reply
Lava Row press
- Iowa Public Television: Social Media Business Approaches for Twitter
- The Online Divide Between Work and Play
- Corporate America, Swing Your Ax Wisely - BusinessWeek
- Twittad to launch advertiser campaign program monthly educational webinars
- Microblink: If You Have a Business, Register Your Microblogging Accounts Now
- 20 Things Des Moines Needs Right Now
- Iowa Web Awards given to 20-plus sites, blogs
- Silicon Prairie News Interviews Lava Row — Silicon Prairie News
- AMC's Mad Men: Running Amok on Twitter
- Des Moines Register: You should get to know Hillary Brown
Subscribe
Authors
Founder, social media strategist, public speaker.
@nathantwright on Twitter.
Hillary Brown
Online community evangelist, pop culturist. @hillabean on Twitter.How Business Gets Done
I am thrilled to be a contributing author to How Business Gets Done! You can pick up a copy at Lulu.com.
Recent Comments